HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC (all builds)
Motherboard	Hewlett-Packard 165A
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110331
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '17 at 06:44
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2630QM-$199 39,605 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 142 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 349 38% 298 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 678 User benchmarks, average bench 6% HP(103C 165A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.882.2.3000 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 8.15 Parallax 7.09 7% 7.83 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 9.91 7% 7.94 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 192 Write 95.1 Mixed 125 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 10.5 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 34 48% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 640GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 574GB free Firmware: 2AK1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 96.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.39 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 2x4GB 1,622 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 2%

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System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	232x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	184x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	136x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	485x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	141x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	113x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	20x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	108x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples	86x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	61x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16